Cast:
Hatidze MuratovaVOD (4)
Plots(1)
In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently manoeuvres the honeycomb without netting or gloves. Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally heading to the capital to market her wares. One day, an itinerant family installs itself next door, and Hatidze's peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, seven shrieking children, and 150 cows. Yet Hatidze welcomes the camaraderie, and she holds nothing back - not her tried-and-true beekeeping advice, not her affection, not her special brandy. But soon Hussein, the itinerant family's patriarch, makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze s way of life forever. (Dogwoof Pictures)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2020 - Best Foreign Language Film
- 2020 - Atanas Georgiev, Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (Best Documentary Feature)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2020 - Atanas Georgiev, Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (Best Documentary Feature)
European Film Awards
- 2019 - Best Documentary Film
Polish Film Awards
- 2020 - Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (Best European Film)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2019 - Best Documentary
- 2019 - Best First Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2019 - Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2019 - Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary)
- 2019 - Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma (World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography)
- 2019 - Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact)
Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
- 2019 - Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (Golden Firebird Award - Documentary)